Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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Lamentations 3:26
It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
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Genesis 8:16
Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.
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Genesis 32:26
And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
Psalms 46:11
The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)
Psalms 56:3
In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
Psalms 130:8
And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
Psalms 146:5
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Isaiah 26:9
In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Isaiah 54:7
For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.
Romans 5:5
And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.
Galatians 5:5
For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
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Genesis 41:9
Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;
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Exodus 14:12
Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
Exodus 14:14
The Lord will make war for you, you have only to keep quiet.
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Numbers 14:3
Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?
1 Samuel 22:5
And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
Proverbs 3:5
Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
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Deuteronomy 30:8
And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.
2 Chronicles 34:3
In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah and Jerusalem.
Psalms 14:2
The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Psalms 27:8
When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
Hosea 14:2
Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.
Amos 5:4
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
Amos 5:6
Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.
Zephaniah 2:3
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
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Joshua 3:8
And you are to give orders to the priests who take up the ark of the agreement, and say, When you come to the edge of the waters of Jordan, go no further.
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Joshua 3:17
And the priests who took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord kept their places, with their feet on dry land in the middle of Jordan, while all Israel went over on dry land, till all the nation had gone over Jordan.
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1 Samuel 24:10
Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.
2 Samuel 16:11
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
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1 Samuel 25:32
And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:
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1 Samuel 25:33
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
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1 Samuel 28:7
Then Saul said to his servants, Get me a woman who has control of a spirit so that I may go to her and get directions. And his servants said to him, There is such a woman at En-dor.
2 Kings 1:3
But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Go now, and, meeting the men sent by the king of Samaria, say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you are going to get directions from Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
Isaiah 8:20
Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ...If they do not say such things. ...For him there is no dawn. ...
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2 Samuel 1:1
Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;
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2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:
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2 Samuel 15:26
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
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2 Kings 1:2
Now Ahaziah had a fall from the window of his room in Samaria, and was ill. And he sent men, and said to them, Put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, about the outcome of my disease, to see if I will get well or not.
Isaiah 8:19
And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead?
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2 Kings 21:13
And over Jerusalem will be stretched the line of Samaria and the weight of Ahab; Jerusalem will be washed clean as a plate is washed, and turned over on its face.
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Deuteronomy 30:1
Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,
Deuteronomy 30:2
And your hearts are turned again to the Lord your God, and you give ear to his word which I give you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul:
Deuteronomy 30:3
Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go.
Deuteronomy 30:4
Even if those who have been forced out are living in the farthest part of heaven, the Lord your God will go in search of you, and take you back;
Deuteronomy 30:5
Placing you again in the land of your fathers as your heritage; and he will do you good, increasing you till you are more in number than your fathers were.
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Deuteronomy 30:7
And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.
2 Chronicles 20:3
Then Jehoshaphat, in his fear, went to the Lord for directions, and gave orders all through Judah for the people to go without food.
Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Jeremiah 29:12
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Jeremiah 29:13
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
Matthew 7:8
Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
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1 Samuel 12:23
And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.
Nehemiah 9:13
And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:
Psalms 4:6
There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalms 17:15
As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.
Psalms 47:4
He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)
Psalms 84:7
They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Psalms 92:13
Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Luke 10:42
Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Romans 7:16
But, if I do that which I have no mind to do, I am in agreement with the law that the law is good.
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Job 7:1
Has not man his ordered time of trouble on the earth? and are not his days like the days of a servant working for payment?
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Job 14:5
If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;
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Job 26:5
The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.
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Psalms 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
Psalms 62:8
Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)
Psalms 116:7
Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.
Isaiah 26:3
The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
Hebrews 10:22
Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
1 Peter 2:23
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
Jude 1:20
But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,
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Psalms 46:10
Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
Psalms 76:8
From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,
Psalms 76:9
When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
Zephaniah 1:7
Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.
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Psalms 40:4
Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
Psalms 40:5
O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
Psalms 61:1
To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David. Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.
Psalms 61:5
For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.
Psalms 118:8
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.
Psalms 118:9
It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.
Isaiah 2:22
Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.
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Psalms 119:81
CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
Psalms 119:82
My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
Psalms 119:123
My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
Psalms 119:124
Be good to your servant in your mercy, and give me teaching in your rules.
Psalms 119:125
I am your servant; give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your unchanging word.
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Psalms 130:4
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
Isaiah 30:19
O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.
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Psalms 135:7
He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.
Isaiah 30:23
And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.
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Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.
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Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.
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Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
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Psalms 20:7
Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalms 48:9
Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were in your Temple.
Psalms 48:10
As your name is, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth; your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 77:10
And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Psalms 77:11
I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.
Psalms 123:3
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us.
Psalms 143:5
I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands.
Isaiah 30:16
Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.
Jonah 2:7
When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
Habakkuk 3:13
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.
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Jeremiah 24:5
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Like these good figs, so in my eyes will be the prisoners of Judah, whom I have sent from this place into the land of the Chaldaeans for their good.
Jeremiah 24:6
For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.
Lamentations 3:31
For the Lord does not give a man up for ever.
Lamentations 3:32
For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
Lamentations 3:33
For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
Hosea 11:9
I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.
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Lamentations 5:21
Make us come back to you, O Lord, and let us be turned; make our days new again as in the past.
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Lamentations 5:22
But you have quite given us up; you are full of wrath against us.
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Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
Habakkuk 3:18
Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
Habakkuk 3:19
The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes' feet, guiding me on my high places. For the chief music-maker on corded instruments.
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Zechariah 11:11
And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.
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Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
Matthew 24:46
A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.
Matthew 24:47
Truly, I say to you, he will put him over all he has.
Matthew 24:48
But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;
Matthew 24:49
And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;
Matthew 24:50
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,
Matthew 24:51
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Mark 13:34
It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
Mark 13:35
So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;
Mark 13:36
For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.
Mark 13:37
And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.
Luke 12:38
And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.
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Mark 15:43
There came Joseph of Arimathaea, a responsible man in high honour, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God; and he went in to Pilate without fear, and made a request for the body of Jesus.
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Job 42:16
And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Psalms 98:2
The Lord has given to all the knowledge of his salvation; he has made clear his righteousness in the eyes of the nations.
Psalms 98:3
He has kept in mind his mercy and his unchanging faith to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Isaiah 49:6
It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
Isaiah 52:10
The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
Luke 2:26
And he had knowledge, through the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death till he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Luke 2:27
And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,
Luke 2:28
Then he took him in his arms and gave praise to God and said,
Luke 2:29
Now you are letting your servant go in peace, O Lord, as you have said;
Luke 2:31
Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;
Luke 2:32
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Luke 3:6
And all flesh will see the salvation of God.
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Luke 12:39
But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
Luke 12:40
So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.
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Luke 15:17
But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!
Luke 15:18
I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
Luke 15:19
I am no longer good enough to be named your son: make me like one of your servants.
Luke 15:20
And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.
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Luke 23:51
(He had not given his approval to their decision or their acts), of Arimathaea, a town of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God:
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John 5:3
In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.
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John 6:67
So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
John 6:68
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;
John 6:69
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
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Acts 1:21
For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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Acts 1:22
Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
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Acts 28:28
Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
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Luke 1:20
Now, see, you will be without voice or language till the day when these things come about, because you had not faith in my words, which will have effect at the right time.
Romans 4:18
Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be.
Romans 4:19
And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:
Romans 4:20
Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,
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Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed.
Luke 24:21
But we were hoping that he would be the Saviour of Israel. In addition to all this he has now let three days go by from the time when these things took place;
Romans 5:4
And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Colossians 1:27
To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Hebrews 6:11
And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
Hebrews 6:19
And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
Hebrews 10:19
So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews 10:20
By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Hebrews 10:21
And having a great priest over the house of God,
1 Peter 4:19
For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.
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Job 17:13
If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark;
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
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Romans 8:19
For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
Romans 8:23
And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
Philippians 3:21
By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
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Psalms 31:24
Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.
Psalms 37:9
For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
Psalms 56:11
In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
Psalms 62:2
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
Psalms 65:4
Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
Micah 7:8
Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.
Romans 15:4
Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.
Colossians 1:5
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
Colossians 3:3
For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God.
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be serious, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and on our heads, the hope of salvation.
1 Peter 1:21
Who through him have faith in God who took him up again from the dead into glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter 3:18
Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
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Proverbs 17:1
Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Ecclesiastes 4:6
One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now to such we give orders and make request in the Lord Jesus, that, working quietly, they get their living.
1 Timothy 2:2
For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.
1 Peter 3:4
But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.
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Proverbs 11:18
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
Matthew 5:12
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
Romans 2:7
To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
Galatians 6:9
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
Hebrews 3:14
For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;
James 5:10
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
Revelation 3:10
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
Revelation 14:12
Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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Psalms 54:6
Freely will I make my offerings to you; I will give praise to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
Galatians 4:18
But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
2 Peter 1:13
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
2 Peter 1:14
For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
2 Peter 1:15
And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
Hebrews 10:38
But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
Hebrews 12:3
Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
Hebrews 12:4
Till now you have not given your blood in your fight against sin:
Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
James 1:12
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
James 5:9
Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
1 Peter 1:7
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Revelation 3:11
I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.
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